just one anna

with way too many hobbies.

Tag: packing

Friday, my dad and grandparents came with a truck of stuff from their storage unit that had been saved for us in the new house. Since their arrival, Spaceship Husband and I have been working basically nonstop, with the help of our various guests. My family left Saturday evening, and my best friend (since 7th grade) came down on Sunday around noon with her hubby’s truck and a lot of elbow grease (and a lawn mower).

Finish stripping all wallpaper from front bedroom, totally destroy that sheetrock too. Decide that under no circumstances will I ever utter “you know, I think we should put up wallpaper”. Also decide that no matter what someone tells you, ALWAYS put primer under stuff, and ALWAYS take the wallpaper off before you put up new. Yeeesh.

Hardware store trip #2 – bedroom/bathroom paint!, more rollers, light plates, outlets that aren’t almond or dingy grey for the kitchen, MORE cabinet hardware testers, a 62lb bucket of drywall mud for plastering, and more lightbulbs.

Pack up more of the apartment – computer room is looking kind of bare, as is living room.

Of course – I did not NEARLY do all of this by myself – I’ve had SO much help – I don’t know how we’d have gotten this done without the people that have volunteered time and various tools to help us out. Since we’re trying to get at least the bedroom and the kitchen done before we move in, this has been a HUGE time sink for us – and all the help means we’re literally getting double the work done. (I totally owe my best friend… but I know I can repay the favor when she and her hubby move in the next year or so – they’re starting to plan for buying a house!)

Not only have the extra hands been great, having a pickup truck at our disposal means that we’re cutting down on moving costs later when we have to pay the guys with the truck to schlep our furniture over to the new place.

So far the only snag is with the electricity – way to go house inspector of FAIL not noticing that there’s a problem with the electric lines that go to the meter, and we have to get an electrician out to fix it.

Tomorrow, the bedroom will get painted, the yardwork finished, and we’re doing our first wall plaster/texture learning bit in the front bedroom (that way if it sucks, it’s not in the entryway). If it doesn’t suck, we’ll start on the kitchen!

As soon as you put open boxes and begin to pack your stuff, it expands to 3 times its original size.

Once you close the boxes, you are somewhat amazed, as it returns to normalcy.

Then, when you put the boxes in your car, THEY expand to 3 times their original size, and refuse to fit through the door of your car – unless you have a truck, and then they multiply in number like rabbits.